News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $15 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Illinois accountant has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for misappropriating more than $77 million from individuals and financial institutions.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Mesa Airlines employee pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge that he schemed to manufacture counterfeit Mesa employee identification badges that were used to obtain free flights for himself and others on another airline.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old Honduran man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Aug. 28 at the Conroe Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Conroe, Texas. The preliminary cause of death is respiratory failure due to complications from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Over the course of the past two years, park staff have completed multiple rehabilitation projects at Ellsworth Rock Gardens, one of the multiple Visitor Destination sites located within Voyageurs National Park on Kabetogama Lake.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal judge sentenced Chase Smothermon, 32, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to 45 years in prison for abducting and assaulting two men, one of whom was tortured, killed, and mutilated. Smothermon suspected the victims of stealing drugs and money from his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Thomas Joslin Allegedly Stole Hundreds of Dollars in Gift Cards from Mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Robert Chapline, 60, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: One Defendant was a USPS Letter Carrier Who Allegedly Stole Mail Which was Used to Perpetrate the Fraud; Defendants Allegedly Stole $565,000 from Maryland Businesses and Identities from USPS Customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 24-count indictment charging six defendants with narcotics conspiracy, a conspiracy that ultimately led to the deaths of three individuals, and the burning of their bodies. Named in the indictment are.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The former mayor of southwest suburban McCook, who also served as a Cook County Commissioner, pleaded guilty in federal court today to extortion conspiracy and tax charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will terminate its contract for ventilators with Philips Respironics-a result of the Subcommittee’s staff report detailing the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Craighead County Deputy Named Special Assistant United States Attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Robbery was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Brandon Marquis Kimble, 30, and Cravelyn Squilla Davis, 25, both of Rock Hill, were sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances and money laundering. Kimble was sentenced to 11 years, and Davis was sentenced to 12 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury today found Raymond Lee Kelly (52, Cocoa, FL) guilty of possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Because of his extensive criminal record, which includes drug trafficking convictions, resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - United States District Judge E. Richard Webber has sentenced Nicholas Simmons, 37, of St. Louis, MO, to 46 months and three years of supervised release for distribution of fentanyl. Simmons pleaded guilty in June.
